1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
American college football season
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The 1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Conference during the 1959 college football season. In their second season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against Border opponents), won the conferenceb championship and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 272 to 150.[1][2]
- Frank Kush (2nd season)
| 1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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Border champion | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 10–1 (5–0 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Frank Urban with 536 passing yards, Nolan Jones with 689 rushing yards, and Bob Rembert with 232 receiving yards.[3] Joe Camut scored 2 TDs (1 Rushing/1 Receiving) for the team during the season with a 3.5 yards per carry and 9 yards per reception average.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | West Texas State | W 43–22 | 25,200 | [4] | |
| September 26 | Utah State* |
| W 34–12 | 25,300 | [5] |
| October 3 | No. 6 Montana State* |
| W 31–14 | 22,600 | [6] |
| October 17 | at Colorado State* | W 24–9 | 9,600 | [7] | |
| October 24 | at San Jose State* | L 15–24 | 14,000 | [8] | |
| October 31 | New Mexico State |
| W 35–31 | 21,000 | [9] |
| November 7 | at Texas Western | W 20–7 | 8,500 | [10] | |
| November 14 | BYU* |
| W 27–8 | 25,200 | [11] |
| November 21 | Hardin–Simmons |
| W 14–8 | 25,400 | [12] |
| November 28 | Arizona |
| W 15–9 | 32,300 | [13] |
| December 4 | at Hawaii* | W 14–6 | 8,000 | [14] | |
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